A true icon of British history, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) laid the foundations of modern nursing. A beautiful tribute to a pioneer whose integrity, selflessness and zeal are to be admired.
When she was in high school, Ainun was known as a smart girl and became the target of many male stud...
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and inter...
Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghett...
The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried.
The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.
The extraordinary life and career of the Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov, a brilliant and c...
A young, struggling actress lands her dream role in a film by an emerging Italian director, starring...
We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and frie...
In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New W...
This film follows scientist Henry Bates as he explores the Amazon for proof of natural selection.
Sir Elton John looks back on his life and the astonishing early days of his 50-year career in this e...
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...
Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of bo...
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when sh...
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Gr...
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after h...